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Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:13 am
The one remaining name is, it is true, a player that flies below the radar nowadays. In his rookie season this player became -- at the time -- the youngest non-pitcher to bat in an all-star game (he was also a three-time all-star throughout his career). The season that interests us is an outlier in his career. Without this season, this 11-year veteran would have averaged about 12 or 13 homers per season and about 28 strikeouts. Mostly a right-fielder, he played for four clubs, though more than half of his at-bats came with one club. He never played in the post-season, which may account for his relative anonymity. He was traded by his original club (the one with the most at-bats) and within two years, his old club was in the World Series aided greatly by the players he had been traded for. In the year we are considering, he was batting 5th (he seems to have normally been the consumate 6th place hitter) behind one of the other names you already found. Yes, there were two players on the same team in the same season to have at least thirty homeruns and fewer strikeouts than homeruns.
Who is the last name on the list?
Who is the last name on the list?
